Norwegian Star Review

Fun in Mexico

Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Norwegian Star

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Sail Date: Jan 2008
Traveled with children

The best thing the Norwegian Star has going for it is an excellent staff. My family had a lot of fun on the cruise. We stopped in Acapulco, Zihuatenejo, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas.

We were not to thrilled with Acapulco. Immediately off the ship we took a cab for an hour of shopping before our first excursion. This was an absolute nightmare! We bartered the cab driver to drive us around for an hour for $20, which is expensive in Mexico (but beats the $100 we would have paid in the US.) The cab driver took us a ways off the main strip to a "flea market" which had ample items of interest from jewelry to t-shirts. We were shocked when the silver fire-opal necklace/bracelet, baby dress, maracas and two t-shirts started at $1300 (yes dollars!) We realized we had been had. With no other cabs in sight and baby girl with us, we were forced to barter. Eventually we got them down to $200 minus the bracelet just to please the cab driver to get back to port in time. This was fifteen minutes of shopping and 45 minutes of haggling.

Our first excursion in Acapulco was the baby sea turtle and city tour. The most excited I've ever seen my baby girl get is when she got to pet a baby sea turtle. This trip was informative and ecologically worthwhile. If you could leave out the city tour it would have been much better as it made us miss our next excursion, cliff divers and dinner.

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